Myanmar is part of the ASEAN family’, Brunei has said, after a peak of the Southeast Asian indigenous group, which barred Myanmar general Min Aung Hlaing for his failure to apply a conciliation plan agreed at a former meeting in April.
The military seized power of Myanmar in February, detaining mercenary leader Aung San Suu Kyi and driving mass demurrers and profitable chaos.
Further, people have been killed in the crackdown on the anti-coup movement, and uneasiness has increased in long-restive border areas despite Min Aung Hlaing’s pledge to end violence as part of the so- called five Point Consensus’he agreed to with leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).
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Asked about Myanmar’s future rule following the unknown rebuff to the fortified forces principal, Brunei’s Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah stressed the country’s uninterrupted class.
The sultan, who chaired the three-day online peak that ended on Thursday, said the 10- member-organized group hoped the generals would work with its envoy to defuse the political extremity and that “ Myanmar will return to normality, in agreement with the will of its people”.
Speaking at a separate news conference, Malaysian Foreign Minister Saifuddin Abdullah stressed the no-show this week was Myanmar’s choice, and that it was unclear whether the country would join unborn meetings.
“ That’s the one million bone question which I can not answer,” Saifuddin said.
This week’s peak was the last with Brunei as president.
Cambodia now takes the helm of the organization.
Foreign Minister Prak Sokhonn told Reuters news agency on Thursday that Cambodia would maintain pressure on Myanmar, advising the country was on the point of civil war.
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ASEAN appointed Brunei’s Alternate Foreign Minister Erywan Yusof as its special Myanmar envoy in August after months of fighting.
He has yet to visit the country because the service has refused to allow him to meet Aung San Suu Kyi, who’s on trial on a number of charges that could see her jugged for decades.
( Suppose you need to add that the UN says the charges are politically motivated, or another fact that shanties light on the questionability of the charges)
.Myanmar joined ASEAN in 1997 under former military governance.
“ Myanmar is an integral part of the ASEAN family and their class has not been questioned,” he said. “ ASEAN will always be there for Myanmar and we’ve continued to offer help through the perpetration of the five-point agreement.”
The pact also included commitments to start dialogue and grease philanthropic aid and agreement sweats by a special ASEAN envoy.
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